Gestal : The history of the group…

1946 - 1969: Development of an individual company

January 1, 1946 the company is founded as a one-man business in Saint-Nazaire.

The business of the first ten years consisted mainly of electrical motor rewinding and installation of electrical equipment.

After 1955, the company received an order for electrical works in RUMANIA (SCHNEIDER WESTINGHOUSE) and for the first time- the whole electrical installation of an oil tanker for CHANTIERS DE L'ATLANTIQUE (SIRIUS)..

1969 - 1985: Turned into a medium size business

In 1969, the company’s growth resulted in a change of status, it then became SETAL limited company.

In 1975, as business grew, the company had to find new premises; it acquired AUTOMATIQUE ATLANTIQUE (regulation and electricity company).

In 1976, the company bought out the rewinding business from the LAUDREN Establishments, and integrated it 1982

In 1979, lthe company signed a sub-contracting agreement with AEROSPATIALE for fitting operations of aircraft components.
That same year, the company decided to build a workshop dedicated to pipe, metal and mechanical works.

New customers trust us to this day, and call upon Gestal’s services, such as: ALSTHOM ATLANTIQUE, seating for ships, MAC GREGOR, hydraulic controls, C.E.A., hydraulic piping.

In 1982, a plant was specially designed to carry out the numerous maintenance and sub-contracting agreements for the upgrading works of Donges ELF AQUITAINE oil refinery.